This week's theme: words related to archery. best gold (best gold) noun
The shot nearest the exact center of the bull's-eye. [The centermost circle (also known as bull's-eye) in a target is yellow or gold, hence the shot nearest to it is called the best gold.] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "The John L Morgan Challenge Medal for the best gold at 100 yards went to Alan McCallum." Archery: Hallard Right on Target to Land Crown; Evening Telegraph (London, UK); Jun 12,2004. Sponsors' messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Ever wonder why we aren't just euphoric, we are on cloud nine? Derivation, a fun game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ We boil at different degrees. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/best_gold.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/best_gold.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/best_gold.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
